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Module 4: How can we help students “get it right?”

 * Last Day for Posts: Monday, November 24th **

**Assigned Readings**
__ For 11/3 Face-to-Face Meeting __

Read chapters 1-3, posted on the blog under “Readings.” Focus on pgs. 13-15; 55-70.

Smith, M. W. & Wilhelm, J. D. (2007). //Getting it right: Fresh approaches to teaching grammar, usage,// // and correctness //. NYC: Scholastic.

Bring a set of unmarked writing samples from the class you've selected for your Linguistic Dimensions study, and a highlighter. *Additionally, pick __one__ student's writing sample, remove the student's name, and make three photocopies.* You should choose a piece of writing that you'd like to examine closely with your peers.

__ For 11/10 Face-to-Face Meeting __

Read the introduction and chapters 1-4. We’ll be discussing these chapters in close detail.

Andersen, J. (2005). //Mechanically inclined: Building grammar, usage, and style into writer’s workshop.// Portland, ME: Stenhouse.

**Assignments Due**
__ Due 10/27 __ ( revised, due 11/2 ) - Community Description (Linguistic Dimensions Study)

__ Due 11/10 __ – Concepts to Teach (Linguistic Dimensions Study)

__Due 11/23__ – Draft of Lesson Plans (Linguistic Dimensions Study)

**Online Assignments**
__ Due 11/10 __

1. Before class on 11/10, take at least one PSAT grammar quiz—choose any of the six “identifying sentence error” quizzes—and bring your results to class (print them out or take a screenshot). []

2. Take an additional short quiz on grammar definitions and note the terms that were difficult for you. []

__ Due Monday, 11/24 __

// Sharing Grammar Resources //

3. Contribute to __ one __ of the following two pages on the wiki:
 * Two entries to the @Sentence Gems page (based on Anderson, p.40)
 * One entry to the @Focused Freewrite page (based on Anderson, p.31-32)

// Twitter as a Professional Resource //

4. ** Extra Credit. ** Participate in an hour-long Twitter chat with other educators. Find a few educators from the chat to follow on Twitter. Then, reflect on your experience participating in the chat. Share this reflection on the Twitter chat in your Dropbox folder. What new insights or resources did you gain? Reflect on the experience of chatting with educators as well as the content of the chat. Be sure to note the topic of your chat and to quote a few tweets in your response. You might also post a link to the archive, if one becomes available.

Choose among the following chats:


 * 1) engchat, Mondays at 7 pm, [|http://www.engchat.org] (see calendar for topics)
 * 2) literacies chat, every other Thursday at 8pm, [|http://literacieschat.wordpress.com]

Depending on your familiarity with Twitter, you may need to boost your own Twitter literacy before you join a chat. Here are two resources to get you started.

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